Cantor: Weiner Needs to 'Come Clean' on WeinerGate

Cantor said Weiner has a responsibility to his wife and constituents to get the facts straight.

“My advice would be to come clean and clear it up. Again, perhaps he’s trying, but I know there’s a lot of explaining going on but without a lot of clarity,” he said on Fox News.

“And again, the American people are right in saying that they don’t have tolerance for this repeated kind of activity going on surrounding their elected leaders,” he added. “Think about his wife — I mean, I’m really saddened for his wife, and I think they’ve only been married a short time.”

Cantor’s comments are some of the first from a member of the House GOP leadership on the Weiner controversy, which has consumed much of the media’s attention over the past several days.

Weiner did a round of cable television interviews Wednesday in an attempt to clear up the controversy surrounding a lewd photo that was published on his Twitter account. He said that the message was a result of a hack, but would not say whether the photo in question was of his body.